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I know this doesn't help you with your question but wow, $100 a set!!? Is that a typical cost to mount and balance 4 tires? I'm spoiled because I worked Saturdays at a tire shop but the cost for anyone walking in there was $20 for 4 tires. This was 5 years ago so it might have gone up a little...

Got these barn door hangers,trollies,brackets, (I don't know what their official name is) as well this past weekend. I managed to dicifer "Coburn, Holyoke Mass" off the tag on one of them. Thought they were pretty cool, maybe I'll find a use for them on the farm some day. -Isaac

I started a thread in the vintage section to try to identify it. The consensus so far is that it's a valve lapper. Here is the link. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=397649 -Isaac

Most of this weekend's flea market haul. Had a great time, it's one of my favorite things to do.

Thanks guys. I have been searching google images and so far I haven't found a picture of that tool. However, in my searching, I see that Ford Model T engine valves do have two "holes" in them. Model T valve lapping tool is looking likely. humber2, could you post a picture of your Vlchek version...

I forgot to mention, the knob swivels. So, the way I see it working is using the handle to turn it and pushing down on the knob to keep the pins from camming out of the holes. -Isaac

I bought this at a yard sale yesterday because it looked cool, it was cheap, and I don't know what it's for. It obviously is a pin spanner, so I know that much. Does anyone know what specific purpose it was made for? Is it automotive, plumbing, machinist, machine specific? There are no markings...

Well I dug mine out and it looks just like the one that Notlob posted above. However, the only marking on mine is "Germany" stamped on the inside of the handle. Mine are much to small to be for a crosscut saw as suggested above. I included a rule in the picture to show their size. Mine are the...

That is a saw set. Used to set the offset of saw teeth after sharpening. I have the same one. -Isaac

Any info off the tag on the front of the grinder would be helpful. I believe that grinder was made by Kingston-Conley, they made them for a few different companies. Lots of info about them on here and over at owwm. Someone more knowledgeable on the subject will be along shortly. Post a close-up...

Yes, definitely similar to a Weaver. I meant to put that in my first post. I have a friend that has a Weaver in his shop that he inherited from his father. When I originally went to look at this press I thought it was a Weaver from the picture. In use, I like it better than the Weaver. The hand...

I'm wondering if anyone in here has seen one of these shop presses before and if anyone knows who made it. I bought it off Craigslist ten or so years ago and it has been in use in our farm shop every since. It replaced a 30 ton import press and has done everything and more that press did. The...

Thanks for the ideas. I was really hoping someone would recognize it and know exactly what it is but I also didn't think there was much of a chance of that. -Isaac

Can anyone shed some light on this piece? I saved it from the scrapper some years ago, just came across it again going thru my stuff. At first I thought it was the tail stock from an old wood lathe, but that doesn't make sense because there is no way to extend the center or drill chuck. My next...

Here is some more stuff I picked up at the flea market today. Snap-On 70B snap ring pliers. Snap-On Vacugrip? diagonal cutters Billings 7/16 x 3/8 wrench Cleveland No. 1 & No. 2 Morse taper drifts Lufkin MezurAll No. 928 8' tape measure - the tape is in good shape! Greenlee drill bit in box...

Picked up my first Plomb tool at a flea market today for $5. I don't collect any one brand although I favor Snap-On. I picked this up because I liked the looks of it.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll update this with my permanent fix. -Isaac

No tag, the pictures above show the only markings on it. Today I cut some discs out of a piece of 3/16" plywood that i had. The hoist functioned normally with the 100lb or so of weight that I had handy to test it on. I'm not going to leave those discs in it or trust it, I don't want the safety...

The chain after an overnight soak in vinegar. -Isaac

The body casting has the number P177F stamped into it. Sorry about the sideways pictures, I don't know how to turn them on my phone. Thanks for the help Brian. -Isaac